Versioning & Governance

Summary

Deciding how changes to shared components get proposed, reviewed, and rolled out — without governance, a design system tends to drift out of sync between design and code over time.

• 1Draft a simple governance process: who can propose, review, and approve a new component.
• 2Learn why breaking changes to a widely-used component need careful, communicated rollout.
• 3Understand why design systems typically need a dedicated owner, even if just part-time.